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IN SOME European cities, such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen, cycling is the mode of choice for many. But fewer than 1 per cent of Sydney trips are made by pedal-power.

THEY are clean, quiet and efficient: no wonder electric and electric hybrid cars are seen as the future of motoring.

Actor Pete Postlethwaite goes environmental. By Kylie Northover.

THEY might look like a solution to the rising oil price and global warming, but a court ruling has found some motorised bicycles cannot be legally used on NSW roads - even though the Roads and Traffic Authority previously advised owners they could.